What to look out for in the garden on your visit:

The Herbaceous Border by the Five Arrows Gallery is full of interesting perennials including  the following: Japanese Anemones (Anemone hupehensis),  Heleniums, Schizostylis, Rudbeckias, Nerine x bowdenii and many more.  The border continues to give an abundance of colour right into the late autumn when the Liriopes and Grasses provide seasonal interest.

The Sundial Garden is well worth a visit to see the wide variety of flowering plants. The Sundial Garden is Exbury’s Secret Garden - a magical area filled with exotic plants. Not to be missed are the Salvias, Dahlias, Fuchsias, Mimulus auranticus, Lobelia cardinalis, and many more. This area provides colour right up to the first ‘hoar’ frosts in late autumn.

The Hydrangea Walk is still looking good with a wide variety of Teller Lace cap and mop head Hydrangeas.  Keep an eye out too for interesting fungi, popping up around the Gardens with the recent warm and wet weather.

Projects:
The Middle and Lower Ponds are now in the process of being refilled after a month’s restoration to repair leaks. In the Rock Garden, many of the dwarf rhododendrons have been cut back hard to rejuvenate them into better flowering, compact shrubs.

The Daffodil Meadow is undergoing a major overhaul with various non native scrubby trees removed, helping to open up the views to the Beaulieu River.

Autumn colour is creeping in to several areas of the garden with premature leaf drop on several trees due to the relatively dry summer and recent cool nights.

John Anderson, 
Head Gardener.